Was Bard’s patriot Prince really a butcher’s boy? Author examines John of Gaunt’s life
HISTORY THE RED PRINCE by Helen Carr (Oneworld £20, 304 pp) During the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, a mob attacked a palace in London which was where the Savoy Hotel now stands. The attackers burned much of what they found. Delighted by the wine cellars, many of them proceeded to get outrageously drunk. At one … Read more
